Data Stream
ASH Annual Meeting Edition
A Little Something
to Remember Us
By...
Setting the Stage
Getting ready for the annual meeting is no easy feat, with
people working around the clock behind the scenes. This year,
230 WORKERS
put in
19,000
MAN-HOURS
Stop by the ASH Booth (#2715)
to get your hands on one of the
3,500
luggage tags
and
3,500
pens
that we’ll be giving away!
to set up and dismantle the
elements of the exhibition hall,
including
39,000
SQUARE FEET
of graphics, signs, and banners.
They also handled
1.5 MILLION
POUNDS
of exhibitor freight and
160 TRAILERS
Wake up and Smell the Coffee!
To keep hematologists energized to spend their days rushing between
sessions and absorbing cutting-edge science, we’ll be serving
818 gallons of coffee
(or about 13,000 cups)
during the annual meeting.
Of course, that doesn’t include the gallons of java
that attendees need to grab on the early-morning
trek from their hotels to the
convention center.
worth of equipment.
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ASH Clinical News
December 2016